découdre

Definition: to take stitches out, unpick

Qui a décousu ce bouton ? - Who took the stitches out of this button / took this button off?

(literary, in jest) to fight, do battle

Nous en décousons trop - We fight too much.

Pronominal: se découdre - to come unstitched, to come apart

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